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Courier. Bristol and Exeter Journal, and Western Advertiser Wednesday
26 Oct 1921
Page 10 Column 3 & 4
LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES.
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QUERIES.
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315.- BEATING THE BOUNDS. - The little paragraph in a recent issue of your journal, relating to the revival of the ancient custom of “beating the bounds” at Poole (which originated in 1568), reminds me that there were towns in Somerset which also had a similar custom, in the early half of last century. Probably some of your contributors could still give many interesting details of such proceedings. - AN OLD READER.
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326.- JAMES HAYES, FOUNDER OF HILLCOMMON-IN-HEATHFIELD. - James Hayes recently noted as a Somerset Worthy, is said to have died in 1875 at the age of 84. Could anyone say where he died and was buried? - ENQUIRER.
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REPLIES TO QUERIES.
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315.- BEATING THE BOUNDS. - The Rev. S. E. DODDERIDGE writes that George DODDERIDGE, who was born at Rowbarton in 1836, remembered the bounds of the parish of Norton Fitzwarren being beaten for the last time. The procession was organised by the Rector and Churchwardens, and lads and young fellows were requisitioned to swim and wade through the rivers and streams.
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100 SOMERSET WORTHIES
BY S.E.D.
THE OLD BRIDGWATER FAMILY OF DUDDRIDGE. - This old family originated at North Petherton, being headed by John DUDDRIDGE, who, by Dorothy, his wife, had a son, George DUDDRIDGE, of North Petherton and North Newton, who married Grace BURGE, and had a long family, viz.:- 1, Henry DUDDRIDGE, of North Newton, of whom presently; 2, William DUDDRIDGE, of North Newton and Wedmore, who married Martha HEALE, of Sheerston, in North Petherton, but had no issue; 3, Francis DUDDRIDGE, of North Newton, born there 1826, and who married Charlotte ATWELL, of North Petherton, also born in 1826, their issue being: Francis George DUDDRIDGE, late R.H.A., baptised at North Newton 12th February, 1858; Frederick W. DUDDRIDGE, late R.H.A., baptised at North Newton 9th December, 1860, and now of the Tynte Arms Hotel, Bridgwater. William DUDDRIDGE, of North Newton and Bristol; Ellen, baptised at North Newton 7th October, 1866, and now Mrs. BEVAN of North Newton; Eliza, of North Newton; Charlotte, of North Newton, now Mrs. MILWARD, of London; Mary of North Newton, now Mrs. COLLINGBOURNE, of Patchway, Bristol; 4, John DUDDRIDGE, born at North Newton; 5, James DUDDRIDGE, born at North Newton; 6, Mary, born at North Newton; 7, George DUDDRIDGE, of North Newton and Thurloxton, who, by his wife, Sarah NASH, of North Petherton, had issue four sons; Thomas, Frederick, William, and George, all of North Petherton. Henry DUDDRIDGE, above named, of North Newton, married there in 1851 Ellen DURMAN, and had issue:- 1. William DUDDRIDGE, of whom presently; 2, Ellen, baptised at North Newton 29th May, 1859; 3, Henry DUDDRIDGE, of North Newton, baptised there 25th February, 1864. William DUDDRIDGE, of North Newton and Bridgwater, born at North Newton, and baptised there 15th January, 1854, married there, in 1884, Ellen GARDNER, of Cheatmead, North Newton, and had issue:- 1, Henry DUDDRIDGE, born at Bridgwater, 29th July, 1885, being baptised at St. John's Eastover, married 18th July, 1912, at the parish church of Wembdon, Miss FORD, of Wembdon; he was a Tank hero in the Great War, whose photo appeared in the “Daily Mirror” for 19th February, 1918, when he won the Belgian Croix de Guerre, but was killed in action in France in 1918, leaving no surviving issue; 2, Ellen, born at Bridgwater 2nd January, 1888, and baptised at St. John's Eastover; 3, William George DUDDRIDGE, born at Bridgwater 9th July, 1895, baptised at St. John's Eastover, and wounded in the European War.